Jun 1, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, In Colors, Open House |
June 1st is here. The much anticipated early arrival of the new Stampin’ Up! 2012-2013 catalog is finally here. We will be able to start ordering from later this afternoon (2pm eastern time). This morning Stampin’ Up! is transitioning from the old catalog to the new one so the ordering systems are all down for the morning. Later today the online store will be up and links on my website and blog will be added to the new catalog.
My Stamper’s Club is starting tonight with the new catalog and on Sunday I’ll be having an Open House – come join the fun – Details for my Open House are on my website and at the bottom of this post.
Along with this new catalog we have 5 new In-Colors – and here they are –
Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit. You need to come see them in person at my open house and try out the new Firm Foam ink pads.
And here is a new card for you – it features new products from the Patio Party product suite and 4 of the new In-Colors.
New Designer Paper – Patio Party, two new stamp sets – Make a Cake and Itty Bitty Banners, and the new Bitty Banners Framelits!
Now I need to finish my list so I can place my order this afternoon. And I have to finish getting ready for Stamper’s Club too.
Have a great day! Oh – one more thing – for everyone that orders from me during the month of June – I will have a special coupon sheet for you for specials the rest of the summer exclusively from me.
Come Join at my New Catalog Open House Sunday, June 3rd from 2-5 pm.
· See products from the New Stampin’ Up! catalog
· Come make two projects
· See the new In-Colors and use the new Firm Foam ink pads
· All Customers who have ordered from me during the past year can pick up their FREE CATALOG.
· Buy a new stamp set from the catalog and choose a retired stamp set from my stash for free (equal or less original value). Retired sets are used in most cases.
· Place a $100 or more order from the new catalog today and get Free Shipping from me. Place a $150 or more order and receive a free Stampin’ Up! shopping bag plus $25 hostess benefits
· Bring a new friend that I haven’t met before and you both receive a gift from me.
· Enjoy yummy snacks and visiting with friends.
If you can’t attend my open house but would like a new catalog I can mail one directly to you for $5.
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May 21, 2012 | Big Shot, In Colors, Tags |
Concord Crush has been one of the Stampin’ Up! In-colors for the past 2 years and now it is retiring. I made these tags earlier this month to add to my customer orders –
They feature Concord Crush – card stock to cut the Elegant Bird Big Shot die (the die will be in the new catalog), ink to stamp the Simply Soft flower image on the bird (that’s a hostess set that will be retiring too), Designer Series Paper (this In-Color stack is retiring) punched with the Scallop Circle punch (the punch is staying). The tag uses the Three Little Words stamp set (it’s retiring) stamped in the Concord Crush ink and punched with the Modern Label punch (the punch is staying). The tag is added to the center of the flower with one of the purple Rhinestone Brads found in the Ice Circle assortment (yes, those are retiring too). Tie it on to a bag with some white Baker’s Twine.
The 5 In-Colors that are retiring are Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, and Blushing Bride. And the other things I mentioned as retiring are only available for a little while longer. Order soon if you want any of these.
Thanks,
Apr 14, 2012 | In Colors, Stamper's Club |
Look at this cute Monogram Corner Bookmark. We made these at Stamp Club last week.
Thi
s idea was in our Demonstrator Magazine – Stampin’ Success. I was expecting it to be a small corner bookmark but once I made mine it is much bigger than I expected.
The base is Pool Party card stock, there is a strip of Soft Suede, a Peach Parfait scallop circle, and some Very Vanilla for the monogram letter.
The stamps sets I used are Creative Elements and the Lovely Letters for the monogram.
The instructions included steps for decorating the back of the book mark – but they didn’t show us a picture so this was how mine turned out on the back side.
I did spritz the front and back with my Color Spritzer and an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker. I love the look of spritzing but it takes some practice to get the hang of how to hold the spritzer tool and where to set up the marker in the barrel.
I hope you like this useful little project. Put it on the corner of your page to mark your spot in your favorite book.
Apr 4, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Demonstrator, In Colors, Mini - Love Notes, Wildlife |
Look at these cute little note cards! Cindy designed these as one of the Make&Takes for my last PAWS meeting. She used all five of the 2011 In-Colors – Pool Party, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder. These are 3×3 folded notes. The fronts are embossed with the polka dot embossing folder and then a strip of card stock is added to the front. The flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and punched out with the coordinating Blossom punch. The centers were stamped and punched with the 3/4″ circle punch and added to the flower with one of the In-Color brads. On the side of each card is a half of the decorative label punch with one of the words from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set.
On the inside is a business message from the special stamp set that demonstrators were able to earn at convention last year. There are some messages like “thank you for your order” and “Bring a Friend”.
I have a few wildlife pictures for you – the robin gathering materials for a nest.
Robin gathering nesting material
And check out this squirrel that I saw the other day – I wonder who he stole that big apple from!
squirrel that stole an apple
Its so big he has to stop along the way – or maybe he is just hungry and keeps stopping for a bite. Here he continues on his way….
running away with the stolen apple
And here is another squirrel sitting on the wall – it looks to be a mama squirrel to me – maybe she is praying for the peanut feeder to open up for her. The new feeder which is in the tree right behind her is squirrel proof – it shuts when the squirrel gets on it.
mama squirrel
Have a great day!
Apr 3, 2012 | Cards, Easter, In Colors, Occasions Mini 2012, Retired List, Watercoloring |
These are the Easter invitations I made this year to send to our family. We always invite everyone to our house for lunch and an afternoon Easter Egg hunt. Our largest group was around 40 people. This year we have a small group there will only be 14 of us and just two little ones hunting Easter Eggs this time. The menu is planned and the seating arrangements are figured out – now to finish up the decorations and get the house and yard in order.
These cute little cards use the Every Bunny stamp set – it was one of the first sets I wanted last summer out of the new catalog – but I had to wait for so long to use if for Easter.
The base of the card is Pear Pizzazz and wheeled with the Every Egg Stampin’ Around wheel that matches the stamp set – I actually used Old Olive ink in my ink cartridge for the wheel – and I wheeled the envelope to match. Above the eggs the Happy Easter Everbunny stamp is done in Jet Black StazOn – which is also what the bunnies and mushrooms are stamped in so I could watercolor them. The bunnies and mushrooms are stamped on a piece of Naturals White card stock that was cut with one of the Framelits Labels (love them). The images are watercolored with an aquapainter – colors I used are – Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride. I also sponged around the label with the Baja Breeze along the top (the sky) and Pear Pizzazz along the bottom (the ground).
I ripped 1″ strips of fabric from the Twitterpated pack – I used all three prints but just noticed the cards in my picture both use the striped print. I tied the strip with a piece of the Whisper White Baker’s Twine and on some I added one of the Twitterpated buttons. The buttons and fabric are from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. I really like how they turned out.
Just a couple of reminders April is the last month for the Occasions Mini Catalog – so if there are things you still want out of there don’t let the month slip by before you order them. Hopefully some items will carry over into the new catalog but so far no word on that. This year the In-Colors from 2010 are retiring – Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Concord Crush – so don’t delay ordering your ink refills and card stock so you’ll have when you want to use those colors later. The retiring stamp sets and accessories will be announced later this month and anything on the accessories list is only while supplies last so once they are out – they are out. You can order online on my website or email me and I’ll get them ordered for you.
Dec 24, 2011 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, In Colors, Scrapbook Pages |
It’s Christmas Eve! Yep it is here. The next week or so we will spend time with family and enjoy being together. Just a few more things to do today and I’ll be ready to relax and enjoy the fun.
But real quick I wanted to share some scrapbook layouts with you – I have one today and another tomorrow. Now don’t laugh – I know there aren’t any pictures on them. That is pretty normal for me. I love the layouts that I make and most of the time have pictures “planned” for them. The problem is I never actually print the pictures! And then when I think about it it will be on a day of the week that isn’t the “sale” day for printing so then I decide to wait a few days, but then I forget, and so on. And here we are with some layouts that I want to share with no pictures because I don’t want to wait any longer. So just imagine…..
I really love this layout in real life. The pictures are never as nice as the real life layouts. So imagine this layout with pictures of Aspen and Magnolia playing in the snow! Remember last year in January (yes I know it’s been a long time) we had a record breaking snow in Georgia and I took pictures of the dogs and planned to put them on this layout that I created for my December Scrapbook class. I should make a New Year’s resolution to actually put pictures on my scrapbook pages!
So to give you some more details – the background is Crumb Cake (my favorite). The Designer Series Paper is the Spice Cake paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog. It works for winter too. So hurry and buy some before the Mini Catalog ends on Jan. 3rd. There is a strip on the outside and then I enlarged a top note shape and created a template to cut the other piece. There is also a line of circles across the page. 
I have a strip of Very Vanilla that has been stamped with Crumb Cake snowflakes. And there is also some of the Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon – also in the Holiday Mini Catalog.
Going across the page is a strip of Riding Hood Red punched with the Dotted Ribbon Border Punch. The frame is actually one of the frames from the Peek-a-boo Frames Big Shot Die (that’s also in the Holiday Mini catalog).
Going across both pages is a “garland” of Very Vanilla snow flakes – these are from the decorative strip die Northern Frost. Then I used a Stampin’ Write Marker to draw the strings underneath. Over on the right had side is a wide strip of Riding Hood Red that was stamped with snowflakes. At the top of each of the Early Espresso mats I added a Pool Party printed brad.
I spritzed the whole layout with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. And added the title snow dogs. I hope you like it. The sketch, idea and colors for this layout came from a scrapbook magazine.
Enjoy the evening with your family!
Merry Christmas!
Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit. You need to come see them in person at my open house and try out the new Firm Foam ink pads.
